One Juventus star absolutely slated following Tottenham comeback

Fans have taken to social media this evening to take aim at legendary Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon&comma; after the Italian’s poor piece of goalkeeping allowed Christian Eriksen to notch an equaliser for Tottenham during the clash between the sides&period;

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Matchup

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The return of the Champions League this week and next will see some mouthwatering fixtures played out&comma; with Juventus’ clash with English outfit Tottenham garnering plenty of attention around Europe&period;

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Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs looked extremely impressive on their way to topping a group that featured both Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund late last year&comma; while Juventus&comma; Champions League finalists in 2 of the last 3 seasons&comma; finished runners-up to runaway La Liga leaders Barcelona in their own group&period;

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Teams

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The starting lineups of both sides were announced an hour prior to kick-off&comma; with reports in the Italian press earlier today having correctly predicted a change in formation for hosts Juventus&period;

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The Bianconeri&comma; who have enjoyed much of their recent success through the use of a 4-3-3 setup&comma; switched to a 4-2-3-1 for tonight&comma; due to the absence of the injured Blaise Matuidi&period;

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This meant that the attacking quartet of Douglas Costa&comma; Federico Bernardeschi&comma; Mario Mandzukic and Gonzalo Higuain were all included from the start&comma; in a bold move from Juve boss Max Allegri&colon;

2-0

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Juve&comma; due to their European experience and stellar recent form&comma; were viewed as favourites ahead of kick-off tonight&comma; albeit just&comma; and took little time to prove exactly why&comma; with a free-kick awarded to the hosts with just over a minute on the clock eventually seeing the ball clipped over Tottenham’s backline by Miralem Pjanic and wonderfully volleyed home by Gonzalo Higuain&period;

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Spurs were clearly shellshocked&comma; with Juventus incredibly going on to double their lead just 6 minutes later&period;

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A switched ball from Mario Mandzukic to the left side of Tottenham’s box saw Federico Bernardeschi beat Ben Davies to the delivery&comma; with Davies proceeding to take out the Italian midfielder&comma; resulting in a penalty&period;

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Gonzalo Higuain stepped up to confidently make it 2-0 with just 8 minutes on the clock&comma; with the tie looking as though it could be over early&period;

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HT

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However&comma; Tottenham worked their way back into the game as the half wore on&comma; eventually seeing their dominance in possession pay off with a deserved equaliser through Harry Kane&period;

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Unbelievably&comma; Juventus had the chance to restore their 2-goal advantage from the spot on the stroke of half-time&comma; after Serge Aurier needlessly took out Douglas Costa in Spurs’ box&period;

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But Gonzalo Higuain failed to complete his first-half hat-trick&comma; blazing his ensuing penalty off the crossbar and out&period;

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Comeback complete

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A pulsating second-half followed during which both sides exchanged chances&comma; with Federico Bernardeschi and Mario Mandzukic coming close for the home side&period;

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However&comma; it was Tottenham who found the net next to complete their comeback&comma; via a free-kick from the brilliant Christian Eriksen&period;

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The free-kick itself saw the Danish creator completely wrong-foot Gianluigi Buffon&comma; after the Italian veteran set up his wall too far to his left and then proceeded to take a step the wrong way a split-second before the ball was kicked&period;

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Buffon was far from blameless for Spurs’ first of the night&comma; either&comma; with social media users having since been absolutely ruthless in their assessments of the Juventus captain’s performance&colon;

Called that to my son&period; Eriksen and &num;Spurs deserve that&period; &num;Buffon totally at fault&period; If a kid down the park lined that wall up I’d shoot him &lpar; not literally for those PC&rpar;&period; What a game&period;